Recent Posts Tagged With 'plot wrangling'

• Click!

  Posted on Monday November 5th, 2007 at 09:39 in post, plot wrangling, writing wank

  I love when the solution to a problem comes together from little elements that were already in the story! When this happens, it's one of the moments that make writing worth doing. How about you? What are the moments that make you glad to be a writer?...

• Too much story to fit between the covers.

  Posted on Wednesday October 24th, 2007 at 18:01 in post, plot wrangling, writing wank

  I think the pirates have got to go. This sucks. I like the pirates, particularly the captain, particularly that she’s a tough female character who isn’t all Feisty Sexy HeroineTM and is instead low-key an...

• My biggest distraction from writing is other writing.

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 17:40 in nanowrimo, post, plot wrangling, writing wank

  Today, on the way to work, I was accosted with many story ideas. Not, unfortunately, for the novel I'm working on. Nor for the novel I'll be writing in November. No, these ideas were for my first NaNo novel, back in November of 2003....

• Sugar High

  Posted on Saturday June 16th, 2007 at 18:37 in post, the afflicted, progress!, plot wrangling

  Oh, how I love the Saturday after my mid-month paycheck. The rent and student loan payment eat my end-of-the-month paycheck, but the mid-month only has all the other bills coming out, which means I can afford to do a big grocery run, during which I b...

• Why am I such a slow writer?

  Posted on Sunday May 20th, 2007 at 21:51 in post, billie jo bob, plot wrangling

  I was saddened to learn that Miss Snark is retiring from her blog. But glad she's leaving the blog up. The Snarkives are an awesome resource for writers who are just starting out with the submissions process. And writers who've been submitting for a...